This is the biggest mistake homeowners make when choosing stone colour for their fireplace. Take my advice, because if you choose wrong, it will dictate the overall colour scheme of your home forever. The stacked stone trend for fireplaces and the exterior of homes is a big one. But that doesn’t mean it’s right for…
Friday afternoon I was told to step away from my computer and my partner took me on a ferry up to the Sunshine Coast where we had a fabulous dinner at the West Coast Wilderness Lodge last night. This is the view from the restaurant. We had a lovely table on the deck. See this…
I received a great question from a reader about brown the other day: Image via Cote de Texas‘So I’ve seen your posts about gray and brown, but what I really want to know is if brown is going to the ‘mom’s jeans’ of the decorating world? I mean is it going to be so out…
Is Colour the Best Neutral? Yay or Nay
03/07/2011Brown trend > Gray trend (source) For months now in most of my consultations in-person or on-line all over the country in US and Canada, my clients have been asking for the same thing. And it is this: “How can I eradicate beige and caramel/orange tones from my home and replace it with the cooler…
Interior Design by Maria Killam, Photography by Anna Beaudry Recently I completed this interior for two newlyweds, a Doctor and a Lawyer. Janelle is just finishing her internship in medical school and next year she will be practicing medicine full time. She found my blog and hired me to help her choose…
Which Colour Sofa Should You Buy?
06/20/2010Which colour sofa should you buy? It’s been a long time since I have picked out a new sofa. I bought my first one when I was 21 and it was black with white stripes. When I got married at 27 my husband and I bought a sofa and love seat in forest green leather, back…
5 Steps to a Kitchen you will Love!
09/28/2009Wood stained cabinets or painted? Which one is right for you? Follow my 5 simple steps to design a kitchen you’ll love forever. Image source I’ll start with the espresso brown kitchen cabinet trend as it’s still going strong here in 2009: The following is an anonymous comment that I have heard many times since…
This exterior [was] in the process of being painted. It was previously an unfortunate shade of pink and is now in the middle of the transformation! During After Much better don’t you think? Normally pillars look the best white [or cream] but in this case, this huge house without a lot of great artchitectural detail…
I have always admired the combination of colours on this elementary school so yesterday, I stopped and walked right up to the building and matched the colours to my fan deck. I highly recommend simply owning a fan deck from any paint company for this reason but I recommend Benjamin Moore fan decks because most…
Black is the new Brown
01/23/2009I was at a new ‘Joey’s’ last night on Burrard and Pender and I thought the washrooms were so great! It seems like all the trendy, ‘upscale casual’ restaurants these days are in competition to see who can design the coolest bathrooms so here’s yet another one. I especially liked the floor tile I think…
When to buy Leather Furniture
11/04/2008One of the best things to come out of the brown trend is that the average consumer (especially men) have switched from buying black leather furniture to brown. I have seen so much leather in my consultations I have come to the conclusion that the reason why most people buy leather sofas is because there…
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